consumptive
IPA: kʌnsˈʌmptɪv
noun
- A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
adjective
- Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
- Of, or relating to consumption.
- (pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Examples of "consumptive" in Sentences
- Dude, he looked practically consumptive.
- Alice herself was consumptive from birth.
- Thomas Blackwell died of a consumptive illness in Edinburgh on 6 March 1757.